Weekend box office: The Meg continues its reign of destruction

The fishy creature feature The Meg took $2.1 million in its second weekend in cinemas. Book Club opened in second place with $1.28 million and Mission: Impossible – Fallout fell to third, collecting $1.2 million.

Here are the top ten films at the box office in Australia, August 23 to August 26.

1. The Meg (Warner Bros) $2,113,170
2. Book Club (Transmission) $1,276,851
3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount) $1,189,770
4. Slender Man (Sony) $796,149
5. BlacKkKlansman (Universal) $709,423
6. The Happytime Murders (Roadshow) $677,006
7.  Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) $605,680
8. Working Class Boy (Universal) $439,136
9. The Spy Who Dumped Me (Roadshow) $297,509
10. The Darkest Minds (Fox) $262,060

Source: Numero. Estimated figures as at 3:34 PM 27/08/18. For official box-office chart, contact MPDAA